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Synthesis and photophysical properties of ditrifluoroacetoxyboron complexes with curcumin analogues
Lian Cai1, Hengyi Du1, Dan Wang1
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei Key Laboratory of Pollutant Analysis and Reuse Technology, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, China.
Abstract:
A new class of ditrifluoroacetoxyboron complexes were designed and synthesized by chelation reaction of curcumins with boron trifluoroacetate. Their photophysical behaviors were studied in different solvents, powder state and PMMA polymer films. The results indicated that these complexes revealed a green to yellow emission at 486-595 nm in solution or PMMA films and an orange to red emission at 598-710 nm in powder state. Especially, complex 2c displayed the strongest emission intensity, the highest quantum yield in solution and the longest fluorescence lifetime in powder state in these complexes. In addtion, the emission bathochromic shifts of these complexes as a function of the solvent polarity parameter ET(30) were investigated by Lippert-Mataga approximation. It was observed that these complexes exhibited the higher values of the dipole moment difference (Δμ) between the ground and excited states, which implied an intense intramolecular charge transfer characteristics and a noticeable emission solvatochromic effect.
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